Music History
1937 Del Mar Turf Club, with crooner Bing Crosby as president and actor Pat O'Brien as a club officer, opens for racing
Wonderful Town
1954 Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Wonderful Town", starring Rosalind Russell, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 559 performances, and 5 Tony Award wins
Andy Williams Show
1958 "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
Music History
1969 Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island opens, 78, 000 attend over 4 days; performers include: George Benson; Blood, Sweat, and Tears; Jeff Beck; James Brown; Bill Evans; Sun Ra; Mothers of Invention; Dave Brubeck; Miles Davis; Stephane Grapelli; and Sly & The Family Stone
Music History
1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival opens, 200,000 attend over 3 days; performers include Allman Brothers; Grand Funk Railroad, Jimi Hendrix Experience; Richie Havens; Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys; B.B. King; Mott the Hoople; and John Sebastian
Music History
1976 Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys after his 12 year stage absence, at Anaheim Stadium in California
- 1982 Riot at building site of Stopera concert hall in Amsterdam causes Ÿ1 million in damages
Smile
2006 British singer-songwriter Lily Allen releases her debut single "Smile"
- 2007 "Just Got Started Lovin' You" single released by James Otto (Billboard Song of the Year 2008)